Yes, the legendary baseball writer for The New Yorker died last May, but Nicholas Dawidoff (The Catcher Was a Spy, The Crowd Sounds Happy, Baseball: A Literary Anthology) pays tribute in this recent posting on The Atlantic. deeming Angell to be “the finest writer ever to turn his consistent attention to baseball.” Why this piece […]
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Remember these? ♦ I must admit, this is probably not something I would read, given my admitted non-English major inferiority complex when it comes to talking about baseball fiction, but the recently-released Jack Madison: The Shaping Of His Life, by Larry R. Wiles looks like it has some “life lessons” to offer, especially during Black […]
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I will watch any movie or TV program that has baseball as a main component of the story. So I was quite disappointed when I didn’t get to see The Catcher Was a Spy, based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s wonderful 1994 bio of Moe Berg, at the theaters. Should have realized by how quickly it moved […]
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Holy cats, has it really been almost two months since I posted one of these? Moving on… Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so […]
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Nicholas Dawidoff has pretty much done it all when it comes to non-fiction writing: memoir, biography, anthology. And done it all well. The Flyswatter, a sentimental recollection of his grandfather, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. His first book, The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg, is considered the […]
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Where does the time go? The Bergino Baseball Clubhouse will celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg — the definitive biography of one of game’s true characters — with a program featuring author Nicholas Dawidoff on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. Dawidoff’s other books include, […]
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Found a couple of baseball items in this weekend’s New York Times, but not in the usual place (i.e., the sports section). In the Sunday Magazine, The Ethicist‘s Chuck Klosterman weighed in on the rights of ownership when it comes to foul ball distribution. In the Week in Review section, Nicholas Dawidoff, author of The […]
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If you happen to be in Manchester Center this evening, Nicholas Dawidoff, author of The Crowd Sounds Happy, will be at the Northshire Bookstore at 7 p.m. Dawidoff is also the author of The Catcher Was a Spy and edited The Baseball Anthology. For more information, call 362-2200 or 1-800-437-3700, or visit www.northshire.com.
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On the June 21 edition of Only a Game, Bill Littlefield offered this interview with John Feinstein, author of Living on the Black. (Sorry, but you have to listen to the preceding stories before you get to the Feinstein segment.) Read an excerpt from Living on the Black. The Leonard Lopate Show of June 24 […]
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Lots of baseball in today’s Times. In the Play supplement, a slide show offers tips from stars like George Brett on how hitters keep their weight back, identify pitches, hit the other way, go for the long ball (which chicks dig), adjust to right- and left-handed pitchers, adjust to the count, and prepare their swing […]
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In a May 3 piece for The Wall Street Journal, Dawidoff — author The Catcher was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg and, the just-released The Crowd Sounds Happy — lists his top choices in the genre: You Know Me, Al by Ring Lardner The Natural, by Bernard Malamud The Universal Baseball Association, […]
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July 30, 2012
Found a couple of baseball items in this weekend’s New York Times, but not in the usual place (i.e., the sports section). In the Sunday Magazine, The Ethicist‘s Chuck Klosterman weighed in on the rights of ownership when it comes to foul ball distribution. In the Week in Review section, Nicholas Dawidoff, author of The […]
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